linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] rtc: digicolor: fix possible race condition

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Message-ID: <878svru43s.fsf@tarshish>
Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:25:43 +0300
From:   Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
To:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] rtc: digicolor: fix possible race condition

Hi Alexandre,

On Tue, Apr 30 2019, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> The IRQ is requested before the struct rtc is allocated and registered, but
> this struct is used in the IRQ handler. This may lead to a NULL pointer
> dereference.
>
> Switch to devm_rtc_allocate_device/rtc_register_device to allocate the rtc
> struct before requesting the IRQ.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>

Acked-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>

baruch

> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c | 12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c
> index b253bf1b3531..5bb14c56bc9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-digicolor.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ static int __init dc_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (IS_ERR(rtc->regs))
>  		return PTR_ERR(rtc->regs);
>  
> +	rtc->rtc_dev = devm_rtc_allocate_device(&pdev->dev);
> +	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev))
> +		return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
> +
>  	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
>  	if (irq < 0)
>  		return irq;
> @@ -200,12 +204,10 @@ static int __init dc_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
> -	rtc->rtc_dev = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, pdev->name,
> -						&dc_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
> -	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev))
> -		return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	rtc->rtc_dev->ops = &dc_rtc_ops;
> +
> +	return rtc_register_device(rtc->rtc_dev);
>  }
>  
>  static const struct of_device_id dc_dt_ids[] = {


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